Chrudimka

Mouth of the Chrudimka in the same

The Chrudimka is a left tributary of the Elbe river in the Czech Republic.

Course

The Chrudimka, called in old writings as Kamenice or Ohebka, rises in the north of the Saarer mountains. Its main source is located in 700 m at the northern foot of the hill U Oběšeného ( 737 m) between Svratouch, Filipov, Paseky and Chlumětín. A second source is located between Filipov, Ovčín and Dědová. After the union of the two source streams the Chrudimka flows through on their way west Kameničky and is jammed between Hamry and Studnice in the dam Hamry. Below flows the Chrudimka by Hlinsko and crosses the Iron Mountains in numerous river bends to the northwest. Riverside are the places Vítanov, highlands, Trhová Kamenice, Horni Bradlo and Klokočov. Thereafter, the river winds in Engtälern into the mountains. In Seč it is jammed in the reservoirs Seč I and II. The river carries on Bojanovský and Křižanovice first to the east and turns in Nasavrky northward, where he ( tabule Chrudimská ) about Svídnice and Lukavice at Slatiňany from the Iron Mountains in the Chrudim tableland flows. The further course of the Chrudimka via Chrudim, Tuněchody, Úhřetice, Úhřetická Lhota to Hostovice, where it turns west and finally again in a northerly direction through the city of Pardubice flows, where she. 104.4 km 216 m ü. M. the same ends.

The catchment area is 870 km ² Chrudimka.

During the Pleistocene the Chrudimka flowed creek through the valley of Zlatý and culminated at the point of Třemošnice in the Doubrava.

Significant inflows

• Okrouhlický Potok ( l), at Svídnice
• Podhůra ( l), above Chrudim
• Novohradka ( r) at Úhřetická Lhota

Dams

• Hamry dam, built in 1912
• Dam Seč I, built in 1935
• Dam Seč I, built in 1947
• Dam Křižanovice I, built in 1954
• Dam Práčov ( Křižanovice II), built in 1954

• Elbe river system
• River in Europe
• River in the Czech Republic